Machines



(No Model.)

.J. H. POPE. NAIL DIE FOR HEELING MAGHINES.

No. 411,835. Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HORACE POPE, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN HEELING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

NAIL-DIE FOR HEELlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,835, dated October 1, 1889. Application filed February 23, 1889. Serial No. 300,859. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7 the nail-holes in the adj ust. ble sections under Be it known that I, JOSEPH HORACE POPE, all adjustments of the latter. These objects a citizen of the United States, and a resident I accomplish by the construction and combiof Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and nation of devices hereinafter described and State of Massachusetts, have invented new claimed. 55

and usefullniprovements in Adjustable Nail- In order to enable those skilled in the art Dies for Heeling-lllaohines, of which the folto make and use my inventioml will now delowing, taken in connection with the accoinscribe the same in detail, referring to the panying drawings, is a specification. drawings, where it will be seen that the nail- This invention relates to improvements in die as a whole is composed of a middle sta- 6o nail-dies for heeling-machines, and it is cartionary plate or die a, on the top and bottom ried out as follows, reference being had to the of which are arranged'the adjustable dies 1) b accompanying drawings, wherein and c c. The dies b b and c c are hinged to Figure 1 represents a plan view of the im the middle stationary die a, as follows: A

proved nail-die. Fig. 2 represents a longitube cl is placedjn averticalperforation inthe tudinal section on the line X X, shown in Fig. rear end of the said middle die a, which tube 1. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of said is secured to the latter by means of a setnail-die. Fig. i represents a cross-section on screw d or other suitable or equivalent dethe line Y Y, shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 repvice. To the ends of said tube d are pivoted 2o resents a plan view of the stationary middle the upper and lower adjustable dies 19 b and plate of the improved nail-die. c c, as shown.

Similar letters refer to similar parts whered" is a central vertical perforation in the ever they occur on the different parts of the tube (1, which is adapted to receive one of the drawings. attaching-nails that are to be driven.

2 5 In heelingnnachines forthepurpose of nailb b I) represent vertical perforations in ing heels to boots or shoes perforated nailthe upper adjustable dies 1) 1), adapted to redies are used, such dies having perforations ceive the attachingniails to be driven close adapted to receive the nails, which are afterto the curved edge of the heel; and c 0' repward driven by a set of drivers attach ed to a resent corresponding vertical perforations in 0 driver-block. In such nail-dies the perforathe lower adjustable. dies 0 c, the perforations 8o tions are arranged according to the size of the in said upper and lower adjustable dies being heel that is to be nailed, and a separate and arranged centrally in lines, the one above the particularly perforated nail-die has to be used other, so as to properly guide the nails when for each size of heels. driven.

3 5 A nail-holder for a beefing-machine has b" b" are vertical perforations in the ad- 8 5 been composed of slotted plates and a series justable dies b 11, adapted to receive the of blocks having nail-receiving apertures, breastnails; and c c are corresponding persuoh blocks being separately adjustable by forations in the lower adjustable dies 0 c, the nuts in the slots of the plates to hold nails for perforations in the upper dies being arranged 4o heels of difierent sizes; but such is 0bjectioncentrally in lines above the corresponding 0 ables in that each block must be independperforations in the lower adjustable dies, as ently adjusted, which requires considerable shown. time and skill. Through the stationary middle die a, I

The objects of my invention are to avoid make a series of vertical slotted perforations 5 the foregoing objections and provide a secaa,oorresponding to the perforations b and 5 tional nail-die wherein each section has a se- 0 in the upper and lower adjustable dies, ries of nail-holes and the sections can be acand said middle die has also aseries of slotted curately adjusted and locked in their adjusted vertical perforations a ct", corresponding to position relatively to a stationary die-plate the breast-nail perforations b" c in the up- J 50 having a series of slots which register with per and lower adjustable dies 1) and c, as I shown. The said slotted perforations a and a" in the middle die are preferably made curved with radii, having the axis of the tube (1 as a center, so as to permit the nails to be driven through the perforations in the said upper, middle, andlower dies during the various adjustments of the said upper and lower dies. The upper and lower dies 1) c are connected to the middle die with freedom of lateral adjustments, preferably by means of setscrews 6 e passing loosely through perforations in. the upper die I) and screwed into screw-threaded perforations in the lower die 0. Where said screws pass through the middle die a, I prefer to surround them with sleeves e e, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; but this is not essential.

a a are slotted perforations in the'middle die a, through' which the screws e'e or their sleevese e pass loosely, so as to permit of the free adjustment of said upper and lower dies relative to the stationary middle die a.

The upper and lower dies 6' o b c are preferably' adj usted ina positive manner by the following mechanism:

In a" bearing so", made in one piece with or suitably secured to the middle die a, is journaled the reduced portion f of the adjustingscrew F, which is provided with right and left handed screw threads f and f", as shown, which screw threads are screwed through the correspondingly-threaded nuts h and h,pivoted in bearings 17 0 secured to or made in one piece with the said respect ive upper and lower adjustable dies 1) and c, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5. Thus it will be seen that the dies b b and c 0 may be adjusted in a lateral direction to and from each other, according to the size of the heel that is to be nailed, simply by turning the screw F a little to the right or left, as the case may be; and, further, that the said movable dieplates' 1) c are after adjustment locked or held in fixed positions relatively to each other, while the slots in the stationary die-plate a sisting of a middle stationary die-plate hav- -inga series of slots, movable top and bottom die-plates each having a series of nail-holes, respectively, coincident with the slots, and

adjusting and holding devices for adjusting the movable die-plates and holding them in fixed positions relative to each other, said slots of the stationary die-plate registering with the nail-holesin the movable die-plates under all adjustments of the latter, substantially as described.

2. A nail-die for a h'eelingmachi-ne, consisting of a middle stationary die-plate-h'aving a series-ofslots, a series of movable top and bottom die-plates arranged uponeach' side of the stationary die-plate and each ha'V- ing' a series of nail-holes and adjusting and holding devices for simultaneously adjusting the movabl'edie-plates and holding them in fixed positions" relatively to' each other, stantially as described. 7 v f 3.- The improved nail-die,as-described,- consisting of the stationary slotted middle part a, and the upper and lower perforatedexpansive dies 1)" b c c, pivoted to a tube d, secured to said middle part, combined with the setscrews e e, for holding said middle" and expansive dies together, and the right-and-lefthanded screw F, journal'ed in bearing on the middle die a and working in nuts pivoted to the expansive dies 6 b c c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses, on this 26th day of J anuary, A. D. 1889. v j

- JOSEPH HORACE POPE.

Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN,

SELMA R SCHELIN. 

